Shadowing Practice: One Eye, Two Eyes And Three Eyes & Lazy Girl ๐ | Fairy Tales and Stories for Kids - Learn English Speaking with Video
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One eye, two eyes, and three eyes.
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In a land far, far away, there was an old woman who lived with her three daughters.
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The eldest daughter was one-eyed.
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The middle daughter had three eyes, and the youngest daughter had two eyes.
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Their mother, the old woman, loved the oldest two the most.
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She would do whatever they wanted.
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Thank you so much, Mother!
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The youngest daughter was always given the chores and housework,
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even while they told her she was useless and incompetent.
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And they didn't even invite her to their dinner table!
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Mom, Two Eyes doesn't deserve to eat at this table with us, because she can't do anything right. But I'm...
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So, the mother did not let her two-eyed daughter eat with them at the table.
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She was given only the leftover food after everyone left the table table.
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Nevertheless, she kept her heart kind and helpful.
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One day, her one-eyed and three-eyed older sisters came to the girl with two eyes.
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They insulted her and threw dirty laundries on her.
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You didn't wash these clothes well.
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Wash them again.
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Two eyes left the house crying.
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She went to the river to wash the laundry again.
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Why are my sisters treating me like this?
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What did I ever do to them?
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While the two-eyed girl was weeping, a fairy appeared before her.
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The fairy dazzled the two-eyed girl with her shining outfit, but she kept her face hidden from her.
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Why are you crying, two-eyed beautiful girl?
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Because I'm the youngest in the house.
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My mother and sisters say I'm useless and they hate me and only give me scraps from the dinner table.
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Oh, don't be sad, pretty girl.
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Look, I have a present for you.
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This is a magic wand.
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If you make a wish and wave the magic wand three times, it will come true.
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When the two-eyed girl made a wish, a dinner table appeared.
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The table was filled with delicious food.
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Ah, look at these dishes, all warm and fresh.
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Two-Eyes had been hungry for days, so she started to eat from the food on the table.
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When you're done eating, you only need to wave the wand twice, beautiful two-eyed girl.
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Remember, only twice.
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The fairy disappeared without showing her face.
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The two-eyed girl, after having a good meal,
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waved the wand twice, and the table vanished.
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Oh, I'm finally full.
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I'm so happy.
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But I have to hide this wand from my sisters and my mother, or they will destroy me for it.
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The two-eyed girl returned home using the wand as a walking stick.
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She noticed the leftover food on the table, but she didn't eat it because she was full.
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Two eyes took her walking stick and went out again every day.
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She went to the water's edge, waved her wand, and ate as much as she wanted.
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But one day, when she returned home, her older sisters, One Eye and Three Eyes, noticed a change in their younger sister, Two Eyes.
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Why does Two Eyes smile every time she goes out and returns?
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And she doesn't eat the scraps we leave her.
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The next day, the jealous sisters followed her when Two Eyes went out.
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After a while, Two Eyes came to the water's edge.
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She made a wish and waved the wand three times.
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And a table full of delicious food appeared.
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Seeing this, the sisters were astonished.
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Ah, so she fills her stomach with delicious food every day.
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And she doesn't share it with us either.
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One-Eye and Three-Eyes ran home and told their mother what they saw.
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The mother could not believe what she heard, and she was very angry.
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Everyone hid before Two-Eyes returned home.
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As soon as the girl entered the house,
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her mother came up to her and took the wand in her hand and broke it in half.
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No!
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Why did you do that?
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You were feasting on delicious food while we sat at home starving.
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No more food for you in this house house.
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Two-Eyes was so upset that she took the broken wand and went outside crying.
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At that moment, the mysterious good fairy appeared before her again.
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Don't cry, two-eyed beautiful girl.
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Take the pieces of the stick and bury them under the moonlight.
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You will smile again.
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The mysterious fairy disappeared before the two eyes could see her face.
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Two eyes went and did what the fairy said.
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The next day, a tree with silver leaves and golden fruit grew where she had buried the pieces of the stick.
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It was so majestic and bright that everyone could see it.
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Two-Eyes' mother and sisters wanted to go to the tree and collect some fruit from it.
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But whenever the sisters reached out for the fruit, the tree branches were lifted up.
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Seeing this, Two-Eyes came to them immediately.
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Maybe I can pick a fruit from this beautiful tree.
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Huh, we couldn't even get it.
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How will you succeed? succeed.
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Two eyes stretched out her arms towards the tree.
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Give me some fruit and some joy tree of glitter.
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After the kind words, the tree bent its branches in front of the two eyes
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so that she could easily take the fruit.
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Two eyes wanted to give some of the fruit to her mother and sisters, but they were crazy with jealousy.
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Oh well, I can do that.
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Watch!
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Give me some fruit and some joy, tree of glitter.
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Give me some fruit and some joy, tree of glitter.
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But the tree did not respond to what one eye and three eyes had said.
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How is it that this tree only only obeys Two Eyes' orders.
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At that moment, a handsome knight approached, galloping on his horse.
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Get out of here, Two Eyes.
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Hide behind the bushes.
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Do not embarrass us with your selfishness.
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Poor Two Eyes obeyed, and hid behind the bushes with the fruit in her arms.
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When the knight came near the silver-leaved and golden-fruited tree, he stared in amazement.
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Wow!
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If the owner of this magnificent tree would give me a silver branch, I would make her the happiest person in the world.
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We are the owners of this tree, sir.
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I can give you a silver branch.
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One eye and three eyes jumped and jumped to pluck a branch from the tree.
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But in vain.
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They couldn't even touch a leaf.
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You said this tree belongs to you?
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Then why can't you pluck even a single fruit from it?
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Two Eyes wanted to come out and share her fruits with the knight.
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But she was afraid of her mother and sisters, so she stayed put and started to cry.
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And then the mysterious fairy appeared again.
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Beautiful two-eyed girl, take the leaf of the tree and put it in your heart.
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Then face the knight without any fear." The two-eyed girl did as the fairy told her,
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and her worn-out outfit turned into a bright, sparkling dress.
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She immediately came out of the bush where she was hiding and faced the knight with the fruit in her arms.
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The knight was fascinated by the beauty of Two Eyes, and he couldn't take his eyes off her.
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I can give you a silver branch with golden fruit, sir.
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I want to make you the happiest woman in the world, beautiful-eyed girl.
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Will you marry me?
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Two Eyes immediately accepted the knight's marriage proposal, and they embraced each other each other.
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Seeing this, the jealous sisters and mother apologized to Two Eyes.
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We thought you were incompetent because you were younger than us.
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But you are pure-minded and kind-hearted.
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Sorry, sister.
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Two Eyes forgave her sisters and mother.
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The silver tree is now yours.
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You can get as many fruit as you want from it.
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After these beautiful words of Two Eyes,
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the mysterious fairy appeared on the top of the silver leaf tree and showed her face for the first time.
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Two Eyes was very surprised to see that the fairy had three eyes
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and realized that people only need a good heart to do good, no matter how different they look.
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Then Two Eyes and the Knight got on a horse and rode off to eternal happiness.
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Once upon a time, there was a lazy girl who lived in a small town.
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This girl never liked to work.
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Instead, she would sit all day in front of the mirror and daydream.
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She always complained about her shabby clothes and never tried to buy new ones.
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One day, the lazy girl went to the market.
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While walking past the shop windows, she bumped into a young girl named Karen.
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Ah!
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The two of them fell to the ground at the same time.
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Karen's glowing red shoes caught the lazy girl's eyes.
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These were the shoes she had always dreamed of.
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Well, I really like your shoes.
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Oh, really?
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Thank you.
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Yes, I think they are very nice too.
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Could you tell me where you got your shoes from?
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Karen explained that her shoes were the only ones and were custom made for her.
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The lazy girl was very sad when she heard this.
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But if you bring me three bags of gold, I can give them to you.
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The lazy girl accepted this offer, saying that she was actually very rich, even though she did not have that much gold.
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However, the lazy girl, who had never worked in any job before, got a job at a bakery the next day.
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The baker asked her to make ten loaves of bread and place them in baskets.
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The lazy girl began to knead the dough with difficulty.
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She was already bored when she just got the second loaf of bread loaf of bread.
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Ugh, this job is not for me.
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I'm getting dirty!
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When the baker wasn't looking, she crumpled the paper bags on the side and threw them into the basket.
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She placed three loaves of bread, which she had barely made, on top of them, thus to make the bread appear like there was more.
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Wow, you finished it in such a short time!
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Well done!
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Here's a bag of gold for you.
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The lazy girl ran home just as she grabbed the gold.
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She never went back to that shop again.
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Only two bags of gold left.
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Once I earn them, the shoes will be mine.
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It was the next day.
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The lazy girl got a job at the grocery store this time.
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The green grocer asked her to remove the rotten fruit.
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But the lazy girl didn't want to touch the rotten fruit.
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Oh, but these rotten things will ruin my nails!
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When the green grocer turned around, she arranged the good fruits on the top row.
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Thus, the rotten fruits remained at the bottom, and she could avoid touching them.
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How did you arrange it so neatly?
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Well done!
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Here's a bag of gold for you!
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The lazy girl took the gold and ran home.
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She never went to that grocery store again.
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Just one more bag of gold left.
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The lazy girl was so tired and bored with her work that she fell asleep while dreaming by the window.
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She dreamed that she was dancing at a ball.
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Everyone around her was admiringly watching her dance with her new clothes and shoes.
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See how beautifully she dances!
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I can't take my eyes off her shoes!
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How beautiful they are!
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The lazy girl suddenly woke up woke up.
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I'll deceive one more person, and then I'll have another bag of gold.
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She immediately went to the market.
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This time she got a job with a tailor.
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The tailor asked her to sew patches on the skirts with the right colors.
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But the lazy girl chose irrelevant colors for each patch, and never managed to sew it properly.
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Ugh, my fingers hurt because of the needle.
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I can't do that anymore.
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The lazy girl gathered up all the skirts and hid them aside.
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When the tailor came and asked, she said that the owners of the skirts came.
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They liked the patches very much and they took them away.
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Oh, that's great!
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Well done!
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Here you go, for your good work.
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A bag of gold for you.
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The lazy girl ran home as she grabbed the gold.
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She never went to the tailor shop again She took the three bags of gold.
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She had hidden in a corner and went to Karen happily Karen look three bags of gold.
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I earned them all with my hard work Come on.
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Give me the shoes Karen took the gold and handed the shoes to the lazy girl in a box.
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Oh Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention, these are magical shoes.
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They don't hurt only honest and hardworking people.
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The lazy girl didn't pay attention to what Karen said.
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She immediately slipped the shoes on her feet.
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She was so happy that she started walking around the market dancing.
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She saw a beautiful dress in a window.
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She wanted to stop to look at it, but the shoes wouldn't allow it.
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Huh?
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Hey!
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What's going on?
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I can't stop!
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Help me!
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Help!
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Everyone in the bazaar was watching the lazy girl who was dancing and jumping in amazement.
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Look!
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Isn't that the girl who deceived us?
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Oh, it's indeed her!
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That girl tricked me too!
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The shoes made the lazy girl dance in the market for hours.
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The girl's feet were so swollen after that she started to cry in pain.
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Help me!
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My feet hurt so bad!
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I promise I will be a more honest and hard-working person from now on!
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The baker, the green grocer, and the tailor, who felt sorry for the lazy girl, rushed to her aid.
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They managed to catch her, albeit with difficulty, and remove the shoes from her feet.
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And the magical red shoes danced away by themselves.
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Oh, thank you for saving me, even though I lied to you and didn't do anything right.
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And you helped me despite that.
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After that day, no one called the lazy girl, lazy girl again.
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Because she earned her gold by working honestly and without being lazy in every job she got.
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So she bought herself new clothes and a pair of shoes she loved so much.
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The only magic of these shoes was nothing but the joy of earning honestly.
Context & Background
The story of "One Eye, Two Eyes, and Three Eyes" takes us on a journey to a mystical land where an old woman and her peculiar daughters navigate themes of favoritism and kindness. This narrative not only captures the imagination of children but also serves as a valuable lesson on the importance of compassion and self-worth. The character of the youngest daughter, often overlooked, highlights the struggles many face in seeking validation and love from family. This poignant tale opens doors for discussions about interpersonal relationships and emotional resilience, particularly beneficial for English language learners interested in enhancing their vocabulary and conversational ability.
Top 5 Phrases for Daily Communication
- "Why are you crying?" - A phrase that expresses concern or empathy.
- "Look, I have a present for you." - Useful in contexts of giving or sharing.
- "You are beautiful." - A compliment that can boost someone's morale.
- "Don't be sad." - A comforting phrase that can help ease someone's worries.
- "I have to hide this." - A phrase indicating the need for discretion or secrecy.
Step-by-step Shadowing Guide
Enhancing your English speaking skills through the technique of shadowing can be incredibly effective. Here's how you can use the story of "One Eye, Two Eyes, and Three Eyes" to improve your English pronunciation and speaking fluency:
- Listen Actively: First, watch the video a few times without pausing. Focus on the pronunciation and intonation of the characters' dialogues.
- Identify Key Phrases: Take note of the phrases listed above. These will serve as the foundation for your practice.
- Repeat After the Characters: With a shadowing app or shadowing site, play a short segment of the video, then pause after each line. Repeat the line immediately after. Focus on mimicking the rhythm and emotion.
- Practice Pronunciation: Use resources to listen to how each phrase is pronounced. This will help you improve your English pronunciation and clarity. Pronounce each word carefully, paying attention to the nuances.
- Record Yourself: Use your phone or computer to record your voice while shadowing. Listening to your recordings can help you identify areas for improvement.
- Engage in Conversation: Utilize the phrases in daily interactions. Try to incorporate them naturally into your conversations to build confidence in your speaking abilities.
By using this targeted shadowing guide, you can not only practice the language effectively but also connect emotionally with the stories youโre learning from. This engagement will enrich your English learning experience, enabling you to express yourself more confidently and fluently.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud โ like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1โ2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency โ making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.